Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Commentaries—Translating—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Islam [Browse]

Editor

• Muʻaẓẓam, Muḥammad [Browse]

Related name

• معظم، محمد [Browse]
• السجاوندي، محمد بن تيفور [Browse]

Other

• al-Sajāwandī, Muḥammad Ibn-Ṭayfūr [Browse]

Series

Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library. [More in this series]

Summary note

[The Koran, with marginal notes in Arabic and Persian, the former on the pauses to be observed in reciting from it, chiefly extracted from a work by Muḥammad ibn Ṭayfūr al-Sajāwandī ; the latter on the orthography of the text. With a number of introductory tracts prefixed, namely : (1) a prefatory note containing passages from the Koran with paraphrases in Persian, on the benefits to be acquired by its study ; (2) an explanation in Arabic of the abreviations used to indicate the various kinds of pause to be observed in reciting from the Koran, being the introductory portion of a treatise founded upon al-Sajāwandīʾs work on that subject ; (3) a tract in Persian, on the correct pronunciation of the Arabic letters ; (4) another explanation, in Persian, of the abbreviations used to indicate the pauses in reciting ; (5) notices in Persian, of the seven principal "Readers" of the Koran and their "Readings" ; (6) rules for the correct transcription of the text, in Persian ; (7) the Arabic alphabet, with a note in Arabic attached to each letter on its proper pronunciation. Edited by Muḥammad Muʻaẓẓam, with occasional notes in Hindustani on the special virtues of particular Surahs and verses.].

Notes

Reproduction of the original from The British Library.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Andover, Hants. UK : Cengage Learning, 2015-2017 (Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library, 1473-1900). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Language note

Text in Arabic, Persian and Hindustani ; translated from the original Arabic.

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